Friedpiggy

I have a 1 year old Kickr 4. I rode the TdF stage on Zwift yesterday and while resistance is being applied, like on a climb, the unit was making a frikken loud noise. It sounded like metal rubbing on metal squealing. Does anyone know if this is an easy fix at home or if I need to take it in for a service. If it needs a service, where does one take it? Edit:- I just did another ride and the sound is more like that squeal you get from your fanbelt in a car.

I see this started yesterday and they have changed the format slightly. Only 5 events this year rather than the 9 of last year. Did the Stage 1 race yesterday and was broken afterwards (3 months of not riding does not help one much) Stage 2 on Saturday. Anyone else doing it this year?

So my take away from the comments on here is that unless one has prepared for a year in advance and is able to ride 100km in 50 degree heat without drinking a drop or eating a bite in under 3 hours, that you shouldn't dare enter a ride that might challenge you. That is pretty much the general vibe being given off.

Pretty sure the organisers aren't reading this, but for posterity sake, here is feedback from someone who abandoned. 1) Start times are frikken stupid. Why does every distance except the 100km start at 5 am? The 35km/65 km people could start later if they are worried about the elite/pro people coming past. Elites / Pros tend to do wway under 3 hrs so start the 65km people from 6:30 and the 35km people at 7:30 and then everyone gets to finish before the mid day sun. 2) Water points should be WAY more frequent. If the 947 can have a water table every 10km or so, then why the 25km between water points on the Shova? 3) A little bit of training on bike handling for the people in the sweeper trucks. I put on new bar tape before the race and it is now a mangled mess. No clue how to add an image to this post so cant show the bars now, but the entire left side is a ground up mess, I even have a few deep gouges in my bars themselves. That is about all I can think of. I gave up at the Harrison Flats water point after having my heartrate sitting over max for more than 15 minutes, feeling seriously light headed and just generally like I was about to collapse, I knew I would not make it up drummond / Bothas so threw in the towel. Sadly I then lost my Garmin as well so cannot even upload my completed portion of the route to see how badly I actually did. My main take away from the Shova this year is that it was really badly organised, Some people were being let through at the closure points, water tables ran out of things that should have been extra stocked due to the heat that they knew about at least the day before if not on Friday already ( I received warning messages on Saturday already that there was a warning of extreme heat). The 160km people didnt see a water point until around 80+ km into their ride. I gave half a bottle to one of the 160km people who was seriously suffering.

For those riding tomorrow, please be super careful coming into 45th cutting. The road narrows drastically with concrete barriers on both sides and the road surface there is pretty shoddy as well.

Maybe send an email to Campy themselves with the images attached to verify if they ever made wheels like those. Edit - After spending 10 minutes going through images of Bora wheels on Google, I have to agree that the decals look off, BUT, I am no Campy expert so rather wait for other replies

I feel for you. My only major fall was a couple years ago at a whopping 8 kmh. Still did significant damage though. (1 herniated disk, 2 compacted disks and a rotated and shifted pelvis) Pretty much the same thing, took my eye off the ball for a second and boom. My chiro is also a cyclist and his theory is that the high speed crashes are sometimes better. At low speed you go splat and all the impact force is absorbed by the body, at higher speeds you are like a stone skipping on the water, lots of roasties but the force is more horizontal like. Unless of course you hit something like a wall or pole or something like that.

My saddle is done for. Its now gotten to the seriously uncomfortable stage, its peeling the top layer off exposing the sponge padding underneath and it just looks grotty. Got a new saddle I can put on that came with the bike (not the best saddle but it will do until the end of next month when I can get a new saddle) My question is, how do I switch the two without altering the fit? Currently my bike is like a flipping dream, no pain anywhere (other than from a worn out saddle) so I want to try and keep it as close as possible. I have thought of marking the rails and then transferring the marks to the new saddles rails, but that would only guarantee that the rails are the same, Anyone have a better solution? On a side note, what does one do with stuffed saddles? is there a recycling option?

Only been on Zwift for about a month now. Using a Kickr 4. Did a ramp test to start and got 213 as my FTP. Not great but not that terrible either. Did a few workouts (cant remember which ones now, just picked ones that looked interesting to me) and then did the Zwift 101 plan and got 221 in my Ramp test that is part of that plan. I can feel the improvement as well. My PRs on the sprints and the return trip in Tempus Fugit have also gone down drastically. A few days ago I rode in Fuego Flats and was just sitting at a relaxed pace nad set a new PR that was 15 seconds faster than old PR so its certainly doing something. Starting the Gran Fondo plan on Monday so will see if it translates into real world differences when the Shova comes around

Got myself a ZTE C310 from Edgars for R300. Small, runs WhatsApp perfectly and then use google maps to share location with the wife. Decent camera (5MP) but it is helluva slow. Does what I need it to do and if I lose it I dont care.

If I understand correctly you want to do a sort of fundraiser ride with a live "where am I?" function so people can trace your route etc. If that is the case, you could use something along the lines of this. https://wordpress.org/plugins/gps-plotter/ Not sure how easy it would be to implement nor how accurate it would be, but I found that one after a quick google.

Been out for two weeks now with a "viral inflamation in the blood". Didnt even know such a thing was possible but there you go. Blood test shows the values should be between 0-6, doc normally puts anyone over 20 in hospital as thats severe, mine came back at 24. Coming right now though. Hoping to ride again from next week but will see how it goes

I could put an 8 onto the kickr I suppose but that would be heading backwards as far as I am concerned. Was mainly wondering if the 11spd chain would work on the 8 spd chainrings. Dont really want to redo the entire bike just for the idt. May as well buy an el cheapo game special that is 11 spd and drop that on then since bike weight makes no difference

If you were still wanting your own copy, google "rapport toer book" and there are a few on sale.

So my first ever road bike is just sitting in the garage. It has Shimano Claris on it (8 speed) My trainer is the Kickr 4 with an 11 speed cassette. Am I right that I only need to replace the rear mech and the rear shifter to get the bike 11 speed compatible? Or would I need to fiddle with the chainrings as well? Wanting to set it up as a permanent mount on the trainer so I can get my current steed set up for the road again.

Awesome news, thanks for letting us know they all safe. Did they make the distance though? That is my other question. 1000km is a helluva achievement. Hats off to them for even trying it.

So I recently watched a movie on Netflix - "The boy who harnessed the wind" and it got me thinking. Remember those old school dynamo lights for your bike as a kid? The ones where you had a thingy mounted on your frame with a wheel rubbing against the tyre that generated the electricity for your front light. Why dont IDTs like the Kickr that need to be plugged in use that tech to remove the plug in need? I mean you are pedaling away and the flywheel has a dynamo connected to it that generates the electricity to power the thing.

Yesterday was stage 5, using Tempus Fugit. 17km with 16m elevation and a 2,5km lead in. Thought I could do that no issues. Pushing 500w at the start and instantly down to 150th or thereabouts. by the time lead in was done I was around the 350th position. at the 10km point I gave up when I was in the 600th odd position. The tour is for people who ride in VA/VB batches only I think. I am on day 6 of my free trial today and have racked up 180km so far that was my first stage of the tour and it will be my last. just didnt enjoy it.

On that note, Does anyone have plans for a computer stand that can be used while on the IDT made from pallets? I have access to pallets for free (yay me) and need to do something a bit better than the ironing board I currently use to put the laptop on while Zwifting. (Seriously, an old ironing board, sawed it in half so its not so long and moved the latch thingy underneath a bit so its the right height. perfect, but a bit too wobbly for my liking)

And this story alone is the reason my wife bought me a kickr 4 and paid for a year of zwift. Aside from how I feel on the road, the wife says that when I am out riding she is in a constant state of fear waiting for the call that I have been hit. Especially in winter when it is dark when I leave and still dark when I get back. So, since I love my wife, I will be riding mostly indoors for winter, not because it is cold, but because it is safer.

Was one of those. "Wait, its not broken, that bit goes in there. omfg what have I done" moments, what with my rear mech sitting in pieces in front of me on the floor.

Ok, so I am a retard. It turns out the plastic bit that I thought was broken was justa sleeve for the metal bit that was the actual adjuster. I discovered this after removing the flywheels so I could get the mech off and then spent a lovely couple of minutes trying to put it back together again. all in all it was not my most shining moment.

So I am trying to index my gears properly on the wahoo kickr 4. Went to adjust the tension slightly and the plastic barrel adjuster snapped off where it goes into the rear derailleur. How would I go about getting the old thread out of the mech and are those parts readily available?

Thanks Dexter. will go look at sportsworld now Was hoping to get one this morning because of reasons but I guess one more day wont kill me (but there is a small chance it might)

Wife bought me a Kickr 4 yesterday. Issue now is that I need an Ant stick and being the impatient person I am, I dont want to wait a week with the whole online order thing. Does anyone know of a physical store in Durban that sells them at a reasonable price?